producer named B-Wiz. B-Wiz was the first producer of that record. He produced “Ah, And We Do It Like This,” and a lot of the original shit in like ’89, ’87, and ’88 for Onyx." Jam Master Jay Suave, Fredro Starr and Big DS met Jam Master Jay in a traffic jam at The Jones Beach GreekFest Festival on July 13, 1991. Jay give them about two months to get a demo, but Suave and Big DS couldn't make it to the studio as they were stranded in Connecticut. Onyx manager, Jeff Harris, later asked Fredro to come to the studio with his cousin, Kirk Jones (Sticky Fingaz) who, at the time, had a solo career under the name Trop. Jones, who was still in high school, would frequently cut class to work at a barber shop where he was reportedly making a thousand dollars a week. Fredro and Sticky Fingaz made two records, "Stik 'N' Muve" and "Exercise". "...When we went to the studio we made two records. One was called 'Stick and Move' and the other was called 'Exercise'. And they both were crazy! When Jay heard the songs he was like, 'Yo, I love the group'." Sticky Fingaz would join Onyx as a full-time member after Jam Master Jay stated, “If Sticky ain't in the group, it ain't no group!”. Jay signed the group to his label, JMJ Records, for a single deal, followed by an EP deal. An album deal was later signed, due, in part, to the fact that the group managed to create 10 songs on a 6-song budget. Def Jam years In 1993, Onyx released their debut album entitled Bacdafucup. It proved to be a commercial success and eventually went multi-platinum, largely due to the well known single "Slam". Then Onyx released on JMJ Records another two albums: All We Got Iz Us and Shut 'Em Down. Contribution Tyrone Taylor came up with a merged spelling of the words "Bacdafucup", which the group members chose to name their debut album. The phrase "United States Ghetto" or shorty "U.S.G." was made up by him. Suave is the designer of one of the very first logos of the Onyx group, used by group in 1992. Sonny Seeza also created the names "Sticky Fingaz" and "Mickey Billy" for the characters of Kirk Jones and Fredro Starr for the song "Stik 'N' Muve". Solo career Sonny Seeza